Part of the return leg of Mean Streak, as seen from the queue within. Good chance most of this structure is still there, but it'll look different.

Looking more directly up at the launch station and part of the return leg of Mean Streak.

Underside of Mean Streak's launch platform. I can make out the mechanism for the gates guarding the entry queues, but don't blame you if you can't. They're a series of slight metal pipes about one-third from the top, all laying horizontally and joined by vertically aligned bolts. This lets them all open and close simultaneously.

The end of the queue, which wasn't all that long. Notice the alarming sign all ready for use on top of the trash bin.

Anticipation. Mean Streak's trains would descend into the station, a sign that the ride really was built higher than it needs to be. All that potential energy of an extra ten-foot-or-so drop was used for nothing except rattling the superstructure.

Mean Streak Henry, who'd ridden this roller coaster more than 16,000 times according to the sign in the station and his T-shirt. He was there, far as we can tell, all day, filling in a second seat for lone passengers. He was in high demand that day.

Trivia: The word ``resolve'' meant, by 1398, ``to dissolve, to break up''. By 1571 it had extended to include ``break up, dispel, or remove'' as an a doubt or difficulty, which leads to its current meaning.
Source: Semantic Antics: How And Why Words Change Meaning, Sol Steinmetz.

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